Biography of Martel

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Lived in Neu-Kolonie (a German colony on the Lower Volga), worked as a doctor and was a parishioner of the local church. He was a good friend of Fr. Joseph Paul and often visited him at his apartment. In 1930 he was drawn into the investigation in a case against German Catholic clergy and laity. Convicted (?). Fate thereafter unknown. Source: Investigatory Matter 95215, Central Archive, FSB, Russian Federation